Saturday
woke up @ 0800...too damn early! went back to bed. "re-woke" @ 1030, dragged myself off into the kitchen to have breakfast & pack lunch, then headed to the gym @ school. had lunch on campus, then headed home n finally started doing some packing while i waited for eric n johnny to come pick me up to head to eric's house in Brampton for dinner. or was it Brantford? no, it was Brampton. bloody ontario city names...
got into Brampton around 1900 & had a good homecooked meal w/ johnny, lue & eric @ eric's place. met his parents, some CCF old timers were there too (Janey, Alfred, eric's older sister janice n her b/f denny). had a nice quiet night just chillin' w/ everyone, played some violin for the 1st time in over 6 months too. eric dug out his old violin & got me to play the 1st movement from this old chinese classic called the "Butterfly Lover's Concerto". lil rusty, but i don't think i mangled the piece that badly... violin had a really nice tone too. german make. his dad said they got a good deal on it b/c the neck was slightly crooked, just off 90degrees. fitting that the bdb should play on a "handicapped" violin i guess. finally got some rest n crashed for the night on their living room floor @ around 0300
Sunday
woke up n had some quick breakfast then headed to braemley (sp?) baptist church for their early service @ 0900. that was cool, then we headed to YYZ to drop off johnny for his flight home to B.C. then it was just me, eric n lue n we took a scenic drive around TO for a bit. saw a bit of Lake Ontario via Lakeshore drive, wish i had my camera handy for that, clouds were low & the sun sparkling on the water looked pretty cool, scenery almost worthy of Beautiful B.C. =P then we decided to hit up eaton centre in d/t TO to walk around n have lunch. spotted n said hi to the "ice maidens" doing their giftwrapping gig while we were there too. went back to eric's around 1600, then finally hitched a ride back into 'Loo w/ denny n janice.
just finished dinner now, n just sittin' here thinking about how it'll be like back home this holiday season. it'll be different for sure...got notice from BCIT that they got a couple days of work for me already @ the end of december, n mom n pops are heading to HK on xmas day this year to catch my dad's nephew's wedding. i opted out this time since i think it'd just be a lil too hectic taking off again so fast. so i guess i'll still be having to cook for myself a lil while longer...hope they leave the fridge nicely stocked! uy...let's hope i'll still be able to find time to relax.
finally, most of all, i can't wait to see my seefutjai! i miss that ugly little mutt; the chickensh*t dog w/ crooked teeth who's scared of rabbits/squirrels/etc. (any other animal that moves basically), the ugly little hairball who tries to jump onto my bed in the mornings but can't anymore b/c she's gotten too fat b/c she's too lazy to go for walks unless i threaten her w/ a robotic stuffed dog toy that plays "singing in the rain"...aaahh bobo, i've missed you! thank goodness for msn though i guess, even though i was extremely reluctant when my mom discovered this new technology for keeping in touch (aka new method of sticking her nose into my business). yeah that's right, my mom hunted me down on msn. it can get pretty annoying at times:
ma: what do you mean you don't study 5 hours a day?!
but i guess it's not so bad if it can make her happy...
ma: ooh! you packed two sandwiches for lunch today? that's wonderful! good for you!
and being able to see the ugly lil black hairball makes it all worthwhile:
my sister's home for the holidays from UNBC now too, so i can see seefutjai even more now:
i even got to talk to the mangy mongrel on the phone the other day too:
me: c'mon now, don't you remember what i said about attacking the mailman? first you bite, THEN twist!
oh man, the winter has finally arrived too. so bloody cold (-21!) to be walking instead of biking now, just got back inside from taking out the trash. i started boiling some eggs before i went out, came back inside n my fingers were so damn numb that i dipped 'em in the boiling water for a full 5 seconds before i felt anything. uy...tired now...next few days will consist of packing/cleaning up my room and finishing off the meat in the freezer. o yeah, i guess there'll be some studying for my last final in there too...but don't worry bobo, wutdutjai & seefutjai shall be reunited soon enough!
xmas 2001